Description

A compact combo with plenty of power, tone, and versatility.

The Fender Super-Champ X2 15W 1x10 Tube Guitar Combo Amp combines 15 watts of rich, dual-channel tube amp sound with modern extras such as versatile amp voicing and a wide selection of digital effects. It's simple, toneful and flexible, and with its easy computer connectivity you can also custom tailor your amp's voicing and effects to your personal taste. Your rehearsal and recording sessions will really come alive with the unlimited tones that can be created with the Super Champ X2.

I think this amp really does give you the best of both worlds--real tube sound with a few tasty effects. It sounds great and is imminently portable, but I think the combo amp was purposefully crippled with a smaller 10" speaker enclosure to prevent it from cannibalizing Fender's other small guitar amps (e.g. Blues Jr.). My X2 was slightly modded: the head was moved into a Champion 40 enclosure and paired with an Eminence Cannabis Rex 12" speaker. Talk about improving on near-perfection. What a great little amp.

This guy takes wonderfully any kind of pedal, and even if I haven't still understood its construction details, it sounds definitely "tube", with an evident blackface tone (even when you try to play other amp simulation, to be honest....). I love its tones, anyway.
The only big issue with my SuperChamp X2, it's its reliability. Three times in the first 18 months simply stopped workin, and I had to send it back to the factory (excellent and free service, by the way) for repairs, but in the first 18 months I had it with me just for 6 months, and I had to buy a backup amp.
Now, it's running fine (knock on wood) and I love it for its sound, its dimensions and weight.
And that's really something...